alt Hacker NewsThe videos on this site don't work for me. I see two related in errors in Chrome Dev Tools:
Uncaught (in promise) AbortError: The play() request was interrupted by a call to pause().
Uncaught (in promise) NotSupportedError: Failed to load because no supported source was found.
I use firefox and have my autoplay policy set to aggressive no. There's an icon left of the address bar that shows a crossed-out play button when scripted video is prevented. If I click on that play button, I can select "always allow," and the videos will be allowed to play. That's all it took for me.
I set that option one day when a news website would autoplay a video every time I scrolled (I think it was the New York Times). This sent me into a fit of rage and now I prefer the inconvenience of having to reselect "allow all" almost every time I visit a site with video.